Simona Halep qualified for the third round of the WTA tournament in Madrid on Tuesday, after defeating Lara Arruabarrena in two sets, 6-4, 6-4. After the match, the Romanian, 4th favorite in the Spanish capital, wrote on the blog hosted by the WTA website her impressions of the meeting and admitted that she was intimidated by the presence of Ion Țiriac in the stands.
There were some important people in the audience today. Virginia Ruzici was there, she always comes to see me, because she is my manager. But Mr. Țiriac was there as well and when he comes I am very afraid. That is why I think I didn’t start too fast today. But it’s important to see him follow me. I’ve learned so much from him and he always helps me.” , Simona wrote about the owner of the Madrid tournament.
The fifth player in the world also wrote about the most surprising thing in the match with Arruabarrena: “Another thing I’m happy about today is my serve. I had nine aces, I was surprised too. I served well in the first match too, but today I did it even better, especially in the important moments. It was the best thing about me, in the whole match.”
Simona Halep plays this evening, no earlier than 21:00, for qualification in the quarters, against the German Sabine Lisicki, she eliminated Irina Begu in the second round, score 6-3, 6-4.
